If you aren't willing to reach up to the bar, you won't get far in the race

Today I was talking to a friend. I'd noticed that they had started swearing lately. Once before I had told them that I didn't care if they swore.

That Jordan was stuck in a rut that couldn't get above 20 days. It's day 196. And I've learned one thing now that I hadn't learned then:
If you do not go the full measure, if you do not pour everything you have into Christ, you will never be free of whatever bondage entraps you.

I asked this friend if she had taken the Sacrament that day. They replied in the affirmative. The Sacrament is a physical reminder for the covenants we took upon Baptism and also a reminder of what the Atonement means.

At-one-ment. At-one-moment. At-one-moment-we-are-with-Christ. The Atonement is to become closer to Christ. And thus, when we take advantage of the sacrifice that Christ has offered to us, we come closer to him.

When we swear, we are not being Christlike. We are offending the Spirit. This friend of mine told me in no uncertain terms that they respected my opinion but that they were going to disregard my words.

I am at day 196. They are still struggling to rise above a week with their addiction. And now I'm questioning how they think they can win when they're repeatedly offending a member of the very Godhead that they're appealing to to escape their bondage.

It doesn't make sense to me. Swearing is not an attribute of Christ. He rebuked those that used profane language. Using the excuse of "well it's just words", yes, and we are just men, just in the cause of the very highest Authority in the universe, just commanded to be like Him and His Son in every moment of every day.

I'm not going to do the traditional "I'm not perfect, I sin too" line because this isn't about me. Ultimately everything we do is about Christ. We are players on the field of Christ's battle, engaged in Christ's cause, for Christ. Christ is the only way to freedom. And thus, everything is about Christ.

Or, it should be.

Passive-Aggressive

Okay, honestly, this is starting to piss me off. And I'm going to be a super hypocrite in this post because I'm so irritated by this.

If you have a problem with me, or how I run my blog, or how I live my life, or how often I talk to my friends, I'd always much rather you talk to me about it directly instead of sending me passive-aggressive anonymous messages on tumblr. If you want to talk to me, either you don't care enough to do it directly or you don't care enough about me to tell me that you feel neglected WAY before anything else happens.

If I have told you that you've helped me in my life, OBVIOUSLY I care about you. And there are a few people that I care about that may not have directly helped me but that I still want to stay in contact with. But when all you do is send me passive-aggressive nonsense on tumblr, it really makes me NOT want to be your friend. Same goes for twitter and facebook and just about everywhere else.

Glasses and writing

Sometimes I honestly think I'm intelligent. Although most of the time I don't even bother with the thought of it at all. It doesn't matter to me so much if I'm intelligent. What matters is what I do with whatever intelligent I have. Still, the intellectual look may not be so bad on me. I'm getting glasses hopefully today at Standard Optical and I'm HOPING that they look good. I'll be skyping Buggie later on and hopefully we both like them.

Even if we don't there's not much I can do. I think I look good in them. But the opinion of a woman--and especially a girlfriend--is never to be taken lightly.

However, now I am kind of at a loss as to what to do. I finished Rise of Absulon today and really dislike the idea of majorly editing any of my novels on my tablet. So I may just start something new or pick up an old project and finish it. I'm getting post-apoc vibes though so I may do something along those lines.